Summary
A survey in the Netherlands revealed that 31% of Tesla owners are considering selling their cars due to Elon Musk’s controversial actions, including his involvement in politics and handling of misinformation on X (formerly Twitter).
About 40% feel embarrassed to own a Tesla, though 51% say Musk’s behavior doesn’t affect their view of the car.
Musk’s leadership of X has also driven users away, with 46% leaving or considering leaving the platform.
Parallel criticism of Mark Zuckerberg for removing fact-checking has fueled similar debates over tech leadership and misinformation.
Reliability has been one big problem I’ve heard about, which is pretty bad when you’re product is basically a big battery with few moving parts. TBF in the latest numbers Rivian is basically doing the same thing.
I’d be looking at the established car companies, because they’re basically worked out a lot of kinks already.